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Pipeline Notification

The Goodwill Excel Center is actively building a high-performing talent pipeline for future Campus Director opportunities. This evergreen posting is designed to identify and engage visionary school leaders who are passionate about transforming adult education (ages 18–50) across Texas.

By engaging with this pipeline, candidates express early interest in directing our holistic learning environments, leading certified instructional teams, and owning whole-campus outcomes.

Company:

For more than six decades, Goodwill Central Texas has been relentlessly focused on empowering thousands of people to work. We transform revenue from over 37 retail locations into a combination of education, career training, job placement, career coaching and support, and more. Every time you shop or support Goodwill, you are helping fund our greater mission to serve our community. Goodwill’s vision extends far beyond our retail stores and your generous donations: We envision a Central Texas where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

The Goodwill Excel Center for Adults opened in 2014 as an open-enrollment public charter high school for adults ages 18 to 50. The Excel Center Adult High School transforms lives in a supportive and holistic learning environment where all students are empowered to achieve. 

For more information on the Goodwill Excel Center Adult High School, visit https://excelcenterhighschool.org

Commitment to Excellence

At The Excel Center, we are building a high-performing organization focused on transforming lives through the power of education and work and becoming the model of excellence for adult education across Texas. Our team members contribute to a culture grounded in our values of caring, innovation, and accountability and focused on strong graduate outcomes.

All Excel team members:

• Deliver Excellence - Uphold high standards of professionalism, execution, and service to students
• Own the Outcome - Demonstrate accountability through ownership, reliability, follow-through, and continuous improvement.
• Work as One Team - Collaborate and contribute positively to a solutions-oriented culture
• Lead with Purpose - Align actions and decisions to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities
• Strengthen the System - Support systems, processes, and practices that strengthen organizational effectiveness and student impact

All team members demonstrate our standards through strong individual performance and a commitment to collective excellence.

The Goodwill Excel Center for Adults is a Texas public charter school district. Employees in TRS-eligible positions participate in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS).

Eligible employees are required to contribute a portion of their salary to TRS retirement and TRS-Care through automatic payroll deductions. TRS is a defined-benefit retirement system, and employees generally become vested after earning five years of TRS service credit.

Candidates should consider these required retirement contributions when evaluating compensation and long-term employment with the district. Additional information about TRS eligibility, contributions, vesting, and retirement benefits is available through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

The Campus Director (CD) is the Principal leader for the assigned campus and is responsible for organizing and fostering a positive, safe environment that is conducive to meeting the needs of all students and staff. The CD is responsible for leading operations, activities, and processes of the Campus team. 

Essential functions include providing appropriate supervision and leadership of the instructional and student support staff day to day, overseeing compliance with district policies and procedures, and ensuring the success of campus programs. The CD is responsible for achieving operational, instructional, and student support areas. The CD receives strategic direction and technical support from District Teams. They will also provide leadership by carrying out program monitoring and quality assurance measures to ensure program efficacy and excellence to positively impact student outcomes. 

Role and Responsibilities

Instructional Leadership 

• Establish a clear, compelling, and shared vision; design, implement, supervise, and evaluate instructional programs for the campus; demonstrate knowledge of curriculum and instructional strategies to accomplish success with student academic achievement; develop, implement, and monitor a campus strategic plan aligned with needs of the campus and District goals, leading to continuous improvement.
• Develop and monitor a collaborative process for the design of the campus master schedule, assuring that is focused on the needs of students; work closely with the student supports team to assure that students are appropriately scheduled into classes aligned with student demand and identified postsecondary pathways.
• Ensure the appropriate application of technology as an instructional and administrative tool throughout the campus.
• Strategize with District-level departments to assist with a strong instructional and support program that leads to student academic achievement and growth.
• Promote high expectations for all staff and students; regularly (minimum of once per term) observe employee performance, record observations, and conduct support/evaluation conferences with actionable feedback using T-TESS and other identified evaluations; organize and lead campus faculty and staff meetings; provide and arrange for campus professional development as necessary; provide instructional resources and materials to support teachers in accomplishing instructional goals; participate in ARD, 504, LPAC, and other meetings as necessary; assist staff in planning and implementing professional development that increases their effectiveness and improves campus performance; participate in professional development that provides personal growth and leads to increased effectiveness and improved campus performance.
• Oversee activities related to compliance and documentation of campus-level data and activities including, but not limited to, teacher attendance and gradebook monitoring, discipline documentation, compliance reporting, and safety drills.
• Utilize available assessment data to assist with instructional planning and for remedial activities that lead to campus improvement.
• Ensure that campus and district staff receive accurate and timely information and oversee its analysis for data-driven decisions.
• Supervise and ensure that the administration of District, state, and federal testing is in compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines.

School Relations & Organizational Morale 

• Create a safe, orderly, and purposeful campus climate hospitable to education.
• Communicate expectations for high-levels of performance to students and staff; provide and nurture effective communication between the school and the community; respond in a timely manner to staff, student, and community communication; promote student and community involvement in the school, including site-based committees, student/teacher/staff organizations, booster clubs, and other opportunities.
• Encourage active involvement in the decision-making process by fostering collegiality and team building with employees; implement activities to recognize employees’ efforts and accomplishments.
• Effectively communicate and represent the mission to stakeholders and external audiences and oversee recruitment of students to sustain and expand the school.
• Ensure collaborative partnerships with all entities supporting the campus, including Goodwill, GCTA, Exploration Center, Windham School District and MTC.

Student Management 

• Provide leadership for staff on solving behavioral issues that may arise and ensures that staff have a clear grasp on how to best resolve issues to promote student academic and career success.
• Ensure the Student Code of Conduct and discipline management system are administered consistently to promote equity and to support positive student behavior.
• Conduct conferences and meetings with students and staff regarding student and school issues; resolve staff/student concerns in a timely manner.
• Implement activities to recognize student and staff effort and accomplishments; facilitate opportunities for students to participate in extra-curricular activities, and assure these activities are monitored and supported.

Administrative/Fiscal/Facilities Management 

• Ensure campus coordination of all required state testing administrations.
• Work closely with Technology and Curriculum/Instruction to sure the implementation of an appropriate technology structure and plan for learning.
• Implement and administer District and campus policies and procedures that are in compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.
• Develop, implement, and monitor the campus operating budget; oversee the use of campus resources; operate within the budget.